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2012 Rising Stars of PR: Marissa Festante

November 29th, 2012 by

Marissa Festante Management Supervisor,  Marina Maher Communications   In the nearly eight years since Marissa Festante began her career at MMC right out of college, she has taken on roles of increased responsibility, rising from an… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Victoria Devine

November 29th, 2012 by

Victoria Devine Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager, Anchor Media Victoria Devine graduated from The George Washington University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in political communication and a minor in anthropology, but she discovered her… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Katie Denis

November 29th, 2012 by

Katie Denis Director of Communications and Strategy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Katie Denis develops and executes comprehensive communications campaigns on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s key issues and special initiatives. She leads the communications efforts for… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Marianne Ortiz

November 29th, 2012 by

Marianne Ortiz Senior Account Manager, Profiles Over the past two years, Marianne Ortiz has risen from account executive to a senior manager at Profiles. Ortiz has generated and obtained media coverage for clients through the implementation… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Lauren Pratapas

November 29th, 2012 by

Lauren Pratapas Senior Director, Story Partners Capitalizing on her past experience working as a producer for CNN’s Washington bureau, Lauren Pratapas has played a pivotal role in shaping Washington, D.C.’s perception of Story Partners’ roster of… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Michelle Davidson

November 29th, 2012 by

Michelle Davidson Partner, Shadow PR   Michelle Davidson’s ascent to partner at Shadow PR has been quick by anyone’s standards. Davidson has directed the hospitality division through years of rapid growth. In that time she helped… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Andi Rose

November 29th, 2012 by

Andi Rose Managing Director, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher Andi Rose joined Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher in February 2006, quickly rising to become one of its youngest-ever directors at age 24, and one of its youngest… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Heather Cable

November 29th, 2012 by

Heather Cable Vice President Powell Tate/Weber Shandwick Heather Cable is living the dream. Literally. As a winner of Powell Tate’s "Living the Dream" program, which encourages staff to try something they have always dreamed of, she… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Lena Shaw

November 29th, 2012 by

Lena Shaw Manager, Social Media Marketing, UCSF When Lena Shaw joined UCSF, the health sciences university had a largely unused Facebook page and YouTube channel, no official social media policy, virtually no presence on Twitter and… Continued

2012 Rising Stars of PR: Lindsay Treadway

November 29th, 2012 by

Lindsay Treadway Manager, Corporate Communications, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company Lindsay Treadway’s deep experience and understanding of the areas of global drug development (in many therapeutic areas including oncology, mental health, COPD, chronic pain, cardiovascular, ADHD)… Continued